Aprilia’s Massimo Rivola fumes at Marc Marquez penalty rule: “Five missing? We risk only test riders”
Marquez was slapped with a double long penalty for crashing into 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira on the⛎ third lap of the first grand prix - but his punishment has been in chaos ever since.
The initial ruling was that he must serve the double long lap pꩲenalty in Argentina, but he missed the race du𝐆e to injury.
The rule was rew🍌orded to ens🍸ure Marquez must serve the penalty whenever he returns, but Honda appealed this change.
The MotoGP Court of Appeal have not yet delivered their final r♎uling on whether Marquez’s penalty is still va🐽lid.
"They wrote it badly and now they have to figure oไuꦍt how to fix it," Rivola told Sky.
"It wou🐠ld have been enough to write everything well, but to do it you have to think twice ♋and be good enough.
“Those who make mis♏takes must be penalised and those who penalise them must be competent and strict, especially with this new race💧 format.
“If there are five riders missing in the third race, 🔴we run the risk that only the test drivers will run in the middle of the season."
Marquez hopes to retur🎃n at next weekend’s Spanish MotoGP if his recovery from han🎀d surgery allows.
But it remains un🌸known if he will serve a double long lap✃ penalty, if he races.
Marquez and RNF💛 Aprilia rider Oliveira are among a host of injuries already this season, after only three rounds.
Enea Bastianini, Pol Espargaro and Joan Mir have also missed ra☂ces.
Mir returned in Texas, 𝔍Bastianini hopes to join Marquez by returning in Jerez next weekend, but Espar♊garo will be a long-term absentee.
James was a sports journalist at🧸 Sky Sports for a decade covering 🎉everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
